Missouri (Southwest) Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Missouri · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 18, 2022

7,037 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.34/cwt -1.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,007/hd at 640 lb · 241 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.94/cwt +3.31 vs last sale · ≈ $884/hd at 536 lb · 239 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $150.85/cwt -1.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,305/hd at 865 lb · 203 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	7,037	9,718	7,385
Feeder cattle	5,383	7,768	5,855
Slaughter cattle	1,481	1,005	1,067
Replacement cattle	173	945	463

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, spots up to 7.00 higher late week. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–348	325	31	215.00–225.00	$220.18	$716	-0.17
368 thin fleshed	368	4	232.00	$232.00	$854	—
350–393	373	39	216.00–227.00	$222.00	$828	+4.91
409–448	435	130	202.00–224.00	$212.30	$924	+2.75
453–498	474	72	190.00–212.00	$201.87	$957	-3.73
500–548	524	179	180.00–201.00	$191.36	$1,003	-1.90
556 fancy	556	13	193.50	$193.50	$1,076	—
553–599	574	145	169.00–200.00	$186.66	$1,071	-5.01
601–647	625	149	164.00–184.00	$176.35	$1,102	-2.83
650–693	670	44	161.00–183.50	$170.49	$1,142	-5.86
708 thin fleshed	708	6	175.50	$175.50	$1,243	—
701–723	709	38	159.00–167.00	$163.36	$1,158	-0.03
766–793	779	62	150.00–160.50	$157.29	$1,225	-0.95
805–849	825	82	150.00–153.50	$152.99	$1,262	-0.58
850–889	865	203	146.85–153.50	$150.85	$1,305	-1.09
966	966	19	143.50	$143.50	$1,386	+2.19

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	8	220.00	$220.00	$634	+5.00
310–330	323	3	200.00–208.50	$202.72	$655	-3.96
357–392	379	18	190.00–220.00	$205.07	$777	+0.08
410–447	437	39	180.00–200.00	$191.62	$837	-1.81
453–496	475	121	170.00–201.00	$190.02	$903	-2.93
502–547	532	150	165.00–187.50	$181.77	$967	+0.05
558–596	574	83	155.00–183.00	$174.25	$1,000	-4.11
603–648	623	37	150.00–167.50	$161.61	$1,007	+11.61
650–695	660	48	141.00–174.00	$165.74	$1,094	+2.44
743	743	3	151.00	$151.00	$1,122	-1.52
752–793	768	161	151.00–156.50	$154.72	$1,188	+4.23
801–840	835	95	140.00–150.00	$149.67	$1,250	+11.18
878–890	885	149	146.50–150.50	$149.47	$1,323	+5.22
987	987	11	135.00	$135.00	$1,332	—
1010	1010	5	128.00	$128.00	$1,293	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	8	170.00	$170.00	$831	-3.31
505–535	518	14	170.00–172.00	$171.14	$887	+2.85
550–581	571	37	165.00–174.00	$170.76	$975	-0.60
711	711	7	140.00	$140.00	$995	+2.00
760	760	4	147.00	$147.00	$1,117	+6.51
826	826	9	132.00	$132.00	$1,090	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
516	516	8	188.00	$188.00	$970	—
960	960	7	135.00–138.00	$137.57	$1,321	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–488	479	3	113.00–123.00	$116.20	$557	-46.29
779	779	5	130.00	$130.00	$1,013	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–348	332	31	173.00–187.00	$182.64	$606	-2.07
350–399	373	74	173.00–191.00	$180.61	$674	-0.87
400–448	422	154	165.00–181.00	$174.67	$737	+5.47
450–495	468	170	163.00–172.00	$167.08	$782	+0.65
501–549	536	239	159.00–173.00	$164.94	$884	+3.31
550–598	564	108	155.50–170.00	$161.47	$911	-0.31
603–647	640	241	152.00–163.00	$157.34	$1,007	-1.16
657–686	671	51	153.00–158.00	$156.61	$1,051	+0.15
703–721	705	35	148.00–155.00	$152.85	$1,078	+2.04
750–792	769	78	136.50–145.50	$143.24	$1,102	-8.65
803–820	812	108	137.50–144.50	$143.32	$1,164	-0.51
1033	1033	15	135.00	$135.00	$1,395	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	320	4	159.00–172.00	$162.59	$520	+4.60
360–391	383	44	150.00–175.00	$171.89	$658	+3.92
400–449	432	86	150.00–167.50	$160.44	$693	+0.54
453–498	478	108	150.00–164.00	$158.31	$757	±0.00
500–545	525	105	145.00–157.50	$153.28	$805	+0.97
550–599	568	71	141.00–157.00	$150.85	$857	+0.15
600–641	625	51	144.00–155.00	$150.22	$939	+1.10
650–682	672	124	140.00–152.00	$148.64	$999	+2.68
700–717	702	28	142.50–143.50	$143.35	$1,006	+2.96
783	783	2	134.00	$134.00	$1,049	-7.66
816–846	831	135	132.00–140.50	$139.66	$1,161	+6.12
851–880	876	32	136.00–139.00	$136.36	$1,195	-1.06
904	904	5	128.00	$128.00	$1,157	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	5	153.00	$153.00	$534	-4.00
431–445	436	12	147.50–148.00	$147.83	$645	-0.59
560	560	3	130.00	$130.00	$728	-11.64
623	623	5	127.50	$127.50	$794	—
652–696	672	15	120.00–132.00	$129.63	$871	—
755–770	762	3	100.00–124.00	$114.58	$873	—
892	892	8	127.00	$127.00	$1,133	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
556–580	561	5	136.00–145.00	$137.86	$773	—
654	654	4	131.00	$131.00	$857	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–438	417	8	132.50–140.00	$135.45	$565	+6.45

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
903	903	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,192	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
682	682	3	145.50	$145.50	$992	—
1175	1175	3	104.00–110.00	$106.00	$1,246	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–445	426	9	170.00–194.00	$185.98	$792	+1.78
450–498	477	14	172.00–184.00	$177.18	$845	+2.92
508–547	520	24	163.00–173.00	$170.04	$884	+1.15
555–595	579	19	158.00–169.00	$164.75	$954	+5.39
600–637	616	9	140.00–159.00	$150.03	$924	+6.38
650–680	665	12	145.00–156.00	$151.01	$1,004	+12.24
705–740	729	6	135.00–149.00	$144.14	$1,051	—
760–773	769	11	121.00–141.00	$128.11	$985	—
825	825	5	129.00	$129.00	$1,064	+8.00
860–890	870	3	110.00–121.00	$114.61	$997	—
936	936	7	116.50	$116.50	$1,090	—
965	965	4	100.00	$100.00	$965	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321–340	326	6	220.00–225.00	$221.37	$722	—
410–430	421	11	201.00–220.00	$217.53	$916	—
451	451	6	186.00	$186.00	$839	—
500–531	518	9	172.00–181.00	$176.97	$917	-8.77
560–575	571	35	171.00–183.00	$176.66	$1,009	+10.43
600–618	612	3	159.00–167.00	$164.39	$1,006	+9.35
656–691	676	15	158.00–168.50	$162.83	$1,101	+8.83
711	711	4	153.00	$153.00	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	438	3	149.00–164.00	$158.92	$696	—
673	673	4	132.00	$132.00	$888	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1195	864	85-90%	35	32.50–52.00	$43.98	$380	—
730–1225	985	85-90%	128	52.50–66.00	$61.22	$603	+0.05
790–1418	1074	85-90%	288	64.00–79.00	$72.79	$782	+0.20
890–1265	1129	85-90%	87	78.50–87.00	$82.10	$927	+0.62

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
976–1375	1186	80-85%	114	82.00–94.50	$85.56	$1,015	—
995–1365	1196	80-85%	201	74.00–88.50	$80.92	$968	—
1050–1452	1246	80-85%	20	63.00–79.50	$73.26	$913	-0.20

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290–1750	1414	75-80%	24	65.00–79.50	$74.75	$1,057	-0.42
1225–1860	1432	75-80%	175	77.00–88.00	$82.25	$1,178	+7.08
1230–1775	1478	75-80%	43	86.00–92.00	$87.60	$1,295	-0.67

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–2540	1555	17	87.00–96.00	$92.56	$1,439	—
1211–2325	1725	59	98.00–111.00	$105.92	$1,827	+2.07
1600–2110	1864	25	111.00–122.50	$115.65	$2,156	+1.16

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
806–1140	921	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	101.00–129.50	$122.35	$1,127
865–1140	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	80.00–115.00	$97.00	$970

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1425	1152	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	50	850.00–1,100.00	$985.28
1020–1570	1192	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	925.00–1,450.00	$1,252.04

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
753–1090	923	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	525.00–750.00	$656.52
920–980	957	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	650.00–700.00	$683.97

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	585.00	$585.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1355	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–1,285.00	$1,023.96

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–980	932	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	21	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,204.76	—
1000–1180	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,535.00	$1,490.00	+210.00

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.